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The lasting impact of federal policy and discrimination on Black workers in the Louisville region
As we celebrate Black History Month and this year’s theme of African Americans and Labor, it’s important to call attention to the policies that limited Black workers’ access to quality employment in the past, and how the impact of those policies can still be seen in the unequal labor market outcomes across our region today.
Young adults in Louisville share their perspectives on work
What barriers are young adults facing in today's workforce? What do they value most in an employer? Get insights into these questions and more in this new report, based on survey data and conversations with Louisville-area young adults.
Students celebrate completing emPOWER:UP data analytics course
On Thursday, December 14, students of Code Louisville’s emPOWER:UP training gathered to celebrate their successful completion of the fifteen-week data analytics course.
Louisville Generation Work™ partners attend training focused on young adult workers
As announced last year, KentuckianaWorks is partnering with Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, YouthBuild Louisville, the Coalition Supporting Young Adults, and Metro United Way to implement Generation Work™. Generation Work™ is a project, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and delivered with the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, to center young adult worker voices in employer practice change. Louisville Generation Work™ partners traveled to Chicago in June of this year to join teams from the other seven Phase Two sites for some training and peer learning.
KentuckianaWorks celebrates opening of new Goodwill South Louisville Opportunity Campus
Earlier today, staff of KentuckianaWorks and its Power of Work program joined a variety of partners to celebrate the opening of Goodwill Industries of Kentucky’s brand new South Louisville Opportunity Center, located at 6201 Preston Highway.